title: Single-port cholecystectomy through the lateral ring of the left inguinal hernia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Single-port surgery was developed by the evolution of the laparoscopy. The advantage of this new method is mainly cosmetic, but the risk of the hernia-owing to the larger port-increased.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 71-year-old man was admitted with a left lateral inguinal hernia and gallbladder stones. After preparation of the sac of the hernia, a single-port was inserted into the lateral ring and a cholecystectomy was performed. The operation was completed by the reconstruction of the abdominal wall using a polypropylene mesh. The total operating time was 85 minutes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the case of the combined operation, the defect of the abdominal wall could be used as a location of the single port, and the trauma of the abdominal wall could be avoided. This is the first publication about single-port cholecystectomy where the ring of the inguinal hernia was used as a placement site of the single port.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. lukovich66@gmail.hu
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lukovich
authors.forename: Oszkar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarjányi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male